Vorontsov (disambiguation)
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Vorontsov or Vorontsova (feminine; Воронцова), is a popular Russia
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which may refer to:
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
which may refer to:
Nobility
- VorontsovVorontsovVorontsov, also Woronzow, Woroncow is a celebrated Russian family, which attained the dignity of Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1744 and Serene Princes of the Russian Empire in 1852....
, celebrated Russian family: - Alexander VorontsovAlexander VorontsovCount Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov was the Russian imperial chancellor during the early years of Alexander I's reign....
(1741–1805) - Mikhail Illarionovich VorontsovMikhail Illarionovich VorontsovCount Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who laid foundations for the fortunes of the Vorontsov family....
(1714–1767) - Mikhail Semyonovich VorontsovMikhail Semyonovich VorontsovPrince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov , was a Russian prince and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic wars, and most famous for his participation in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853....
(1782–1856) - Semyon Romanovich VorontsovSemyon Romanovich VorontsovCount Semyon Romanovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat whose siblings included Alexander Vorontsov, Elizaveta Vorontsova, and Ekaterina Dashkova...
(1744–1832) - Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-DashkovaYekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-DashkovaPrincess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment...
(1744–1810) - Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-DashkovIllarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-DashkovCount Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov was the last notable representative of the Vorontsov family. He served as Minister of Imperial Properties in 1881-97 and the General Governor of Caucasus in 1905-15....
- Nikolai Nikolaevich Vorontsov (1925-1966)
- Grigory Nikolaevich Vorontsov(1927-Present)
- Konstantine Nikolaevich Vorontsov (1932-Present)
- Mikhail Nikolaevich Vorontsov(1934-2007)
- Arkady Nikolaevich Vorontsov(1936-Present)
People
- Boris Vorontsov-VelyaminovBoris Vorontsov-VelyaminovBoris Aleksandrovich Vorontsov-Velyaminov was a Soviet/Russian astrophysicist. His name is sometimes given as Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov....
(1904–1994), Russian astrophisicist - Yuli Mikhailovich VorontsovYuli Mikhailovich VorontsovYuli Mikhailovich Vorontsov was a Russian diplomat, President of International Centre of the Roerichs . In the mid 1970s he was Chargé d'Affaires at the Soviet embassy in Washington, under Ambassador Dobrynin. He served as the Soviet Union's ambassador to Afghanistan in the late 1980s...
(1929–2007), Russian diplomat - Yuri VorontsovYuri VorontsovYuri Vorontsov is a Russian cinematographer. His film credits include 1993s Ты у меня одна and the 1996 German film Hölle zu Hölle .-Filmography:-External links:...
, Russian cinematographer
Music
- Woronzow Records is the name of an independent record label.